A five-day ISTE-PTU sponsored Faculty Development Programme (FDP) was conducted on “Computational Methods and FEA in Mechanical Sciences” from 7th-11th July, 2014 by the ISTE Faculty Chapter. The resource persons were Prof. D. Venkatesh (Associate Professor, Dr.MSRIT, Bangalore), Prof. Dr. Udupi Shrinivasa
(Ex.Professor, IISC Bangalore), Dipl.(Ing.) Tilottama Shrinivasa (Director, Peach India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore), Prof. Dr. B. Satish Shenoy(Professor, Aeronautical & Automobile Eng MIT, Manipal), Dr.Raviraja Adhikari (Associate Director, R&C Mechanical & Mfg. Engg, MIT, Manipal), Mr. Jayanth (Coordinator, Peach India Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore). 25 faculty from different engineering colleges participated in the 5 day event.